---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 385.201"
title: "49"
number: "385.201"
heading: "Qualifications for performing a safety audit or investigation."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/385.201"
---

# §385.201. Qualifications for performing a safety audit or investigation.

- (a) An FMCSA employee or contractor, or a State or local government employee or contractor funded through the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program, who was qualified to perform a safety audit or investigation, including review, before August 27, 2021, may perform a safety audit or investigation, including review, if the individual complies with [§ 385.203(b)](/cfr/49/385.203.md?p=b).
- (b) An individual who was not qualified to perform a safety audit or investigation, including review, before August 27, 2021, may perform a safety audit or investigation, including review, after complying with the requirements of [§ 385.203(a)](/cfr/49/385.203.md?p=a).

## Notes

### Amendments

[86 FR 48044, Aug. 27, 2021]

### Source

Source: 67 FR 12779, Mar. 19, 2002, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 113, 504, 521(b), 5105(d), 5109, 5113, 13901-13905, 13908, 31135, 31136, 31144, 31148, 31151, 31502; sec. 113(a), Pub. L. 103-311, 108 Stat. 1673, 1676; sec. 408, Pub. L. 104-88, 109 Stat. 803, 958; sec. 350, Pub. L. 107-87, 115 Stat. 833, 864; sec. 5205, Pub. L. 114-94, 129 Stat. 1312, 1537; and 49 CFR 1.87.

### Source

Source: 53 FR 50968, Dec. 19, 1988, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[86 FR 48044, Aug. 27, 2021]